Image 8 of Kentucky in the NCAA, March 1, 1980

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J O E B ___ Judging from Hall's coaching honors, Rupp was as usual, right on target
• with his evaluation.
Hall has won such honors as Ke||ogg's 1978 National "Coach of the Year,"
three Southeastern Conference "Coach of the Year" awards (1973, ’75, and
’78) in seven years, and nomination for Kodak's 1975, '76, and ’78 (finalist)
"Coach of the Year" awards.
i ’ · __ Other 1978 honors include the Rupp Cup (presented to SEC Coach of the l
‘· " 4 `)".j°~ _ Year by the Birmingham Tipoff Club) and Hall's most coveted personal
_ `· - “·—- award, the Dr. James Naismith "Peachbasket" award, which previously had
;_ ,_ _ . _ ~»·. _ .6 been awarded to UCLA’s John Wooden, Oklahoma State’s Hank lba, Ken-
· ,1 · I · ` tucky’s Adolph Rupp and the Boston Celtics' Red Auerbach. (
A ``_~ .*1 , 3 However, his greatest satisfaction was adding the first national champion-
’`' M _' ship trophy to the University collection in two decades—years that included
. M r , appearances in the NCAA final games in 1966 and 1975.
__ » v The 1978 champions, which had a 30-2 record, became the sixth Wildcat
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